holograph

C2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhɑləɡræf/ UK /ˈhɒləɡrɑːf/ See IPA manual

Freq #109642

Meanings

1

noun
a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person named as its author or signer

The will was a holograph, written and signed in the doctor's own hand.
2

noun
a photographic record used to reconstruct a three-dimensional image; a hologram

When illuminated by a laser, the holograph produced a three-dimensional image.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a document written entirely... autograph manuscripthandwritten original

2 noun · a photographic record used... hologram

Opposites

copytypeset document

Word family

Derived forms holographicholography

Related forms manuscript autographhologram

Etymology

From Greek holos, 'whole,' + graphos, 'written.' The legal and manuscript sense emphasizes that the whole document is in the author's own hand. The optical sense was later formed on the same elements for a record containing the complete wavefront information needed to reconstruct an image.

Topics

People & Society

External links

# holograph

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɑləɡræf/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhɒləɡrɑːf/
**Frequency rank:** 109642

## Meanings
1. a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person named as its author or signer
2. a photographic record used to reconstruct a three-dimensional image; a hologram

## Examples
- The will was a holograph, written and signed in the doctor's own hand.
- When illuminated by a laser, the holograph produced a three-dimensional image.

## Synonyms
- autograph manuscript
- handwritten original
- hologram

## Antonyms
- copy
- typeset document

## Derived Forms
- holographic
- holography

## Related Forms
- manuscript
- autograph
- hologram

## Etymology
From Greek holos, 'whole,' + graphos, 'written.' The legal and manuscript sense emphasizes that the whole document is in the author's own hand. The optical sense was later formed on the same elements for a record containing the complete wavefront information needed to reconstruct an image.

## Topics
- People & Society

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